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The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence - Abu Ala Al-Ma'arri
This time last week I was at the world atheist convention in Dublin. It was an event I enjoyed immensely. Good debate, interesting and informed panellists, and many different points of view, on occasion resulting in sharp clashes. Even the religious had a presence there. The Muslims turned up by design (not intelligent design) while the Christians turned up by mistake. The Muslims sought to undermine a scientific approach to understanding the world in favour of creationism while the Christians handed out hate filled tracts about gays. Neither made much headway. The Muslims were given the intellectual coup de grace by Maryam Namazie during her keynote speech at the close of the convention on Sunday afternoon. The Christians only realised they were handing out daft tracts to atheists after about the 50th.
Richard Dawkins and Hamza Tzortzis of the Islamic Education and Research Academy
discuss religion outside the World Atheist Convention in Dublin
Photo: Atheist Ireland
This time last week I was at the world atheist convention in Dublin. It was an event I enjoyed immensely. Good debate, interesting and informed panellists, and many different points of view, on occasion resulting in sharp clashes. Even the religious had a presence there. The Muslims turned up by design (not intelligent design) while the Christians turned up by mistake. The Muslims sought to undermine a scientific approach to understanding the world in favour of creationism while the Christians handed out hate filled tracts about gays. Neither made much headway. The Muslims were given the intellectual coup de grace by Maryam Namazie during her keynote speech at the close of the convention on Sunday afternoon. The Christians only realised they were handing out daft tracts to atheists after about the 50th.
discuss religion outside the World Atheist Convention in Dublin
Photo: Atheist Ireland
Gods always behave like the people who created them - Zora Neale Hurston
Last weekend I attended the World Atheist convention hosted in Dublin by Atheist Ireland. My wife bought me a ticket as a birthday present. Normally I get books but on this occasion it was an opportunity to listen to Richard Dawkins rather than read him so the present did not fall into the unwanted gift category.
It was a beautiful warm Friday evening as I made my way from North Dublin into the city centre. I was with a Romanian friend although our destinations were not the same. We did, however, discuss the event and while he was a religious believer he had no interest in enforcing his religion’s moral code whatever it is, on anyone else.
Last weekend I attended the World Atheist convention hosted in Dublin by Atheist Ireland. My wife bought me a ticket as a birthday present. Normally I get books but on this occasion it was an opportunity to listen to Richard Dawkins rather than read him so the present did not fall into the unwanted gift category.
It was a beautiful warm Friday evening as I made my way from North Dublin into the city centre. I was with a Romanian friend although our destinations were not the same. We did, however, discuss the event and while he was a religious believer he had no interest in enforcing his religion’s moral code whatever it is, on anyone else.
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